[mrustow]

Thanks for the ping, ari. atafak, you are absolutely right. The WSJ editors hedged their bets, and thus undermined their own moral authority, by having a black write this piece. This was a classic case of "our blacks" vs. "their blacks." White "conservatives" always feel the need to quote Thomas Sowell, Walter Wiliams, Steele (who is himself an intellectual lightweight), et al. A piece like this had to be written by a white. But when do you see "conservative" publications publish white writers attacking black racism?

Whites simply come to a place with blacks where they feel no authority to speak or judge and where they sense a great risk of being seen as racist.

I would revise Steele's equation: White Fear = Black Power.

See also:

Heroes and Heels of 2001: Race Hoaxes 'R Us

Heroes and Heels of 2001: The Antiversity and Edworld

[aristeides]

White Fear = Black Power.

Fear of what, though? We're certainly not going to be executed, or shipped off to some concentration camp. We're probably just going to suffer some obloquy. At the worst, we will lose our jobs. Given the example of the courage with which some heroes resisted the real threat of totalitarian regimes, how can we allow such flimsy threats to intimidate us?